April 21, 2013

A few political quotations

From Theo:
We hang petty thieves and appoint the great thieves to public office.
--Aesop, Greek slave & fable author

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
--Plato, ancient Greek Philosopher

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
--Nikita Khrushchev, Russian Soviet politician

Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel.
--John Quinton, American actor/writer

I offered my opponents a deal: if they stop telling lies about me, I will stop telling the truth about them.
--Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech, 1952
True stuff -- more at the site. Posted by DaveH at April 21, 2013 8:31 PM
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